JISF Proposes Steel Applications for Quake Damage Rebuilding

Japan Iron and Steel Federation announced on Monday JISF finalized proposal on steel structure and applications in building and infrastructure for better resistance to disaster. JISF expects the proposal contributes to rebuilding activity of damaged areas by the major earthquake. JISF’s project team for recovery and reconstruction offers the proposals to construction related authorities and organizations including Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Japan Society of Civil Engineers in August and September.

JISF established the project team after the earthquake to research the proven steel technology and applications for recover and reconstruction. The project team is also researching the damage condition by the quake in cooperation with the concerned organizations.

In the proposal, JISF offers total 14 steel structure technologies and applications in 4 categories including anti-disaster infrastructure, quake resistant housing, quake and tsunami resistant part and coastal facilities and very large floating steel structure, megafloat as immediate evacuation and relief base.